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24, 2023 #Whale #Orca #NBCNews Scientists and researchers are looking at a string of incidents reported after orcas appeared to attack and sink sailing vessels. Biologist and wildlife conservationist Jeff Corwin theorized these attacks are due to “rambunctious” or “playful behavior” or the animal could be coping after “a traumatic event.” A small group of …
BREAKING REPORT: Minnesota to provide illegal immigrants with FREE COLLLEGE TUITION, program will kick off at the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year.. — Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) June 1, 2023 Informative Comments follow: Nick @NicInRealLife2 Get out of Democrat states. Haz @Michael_Haz Meanwhile, people born and raised in Minnesota receive no such benefits. Elephant @Elephan1776 …
Everyone's talking about how the U.S just hit $1 trillion in total credit card debt But what's more concerning: That number has increased by +$250 billion in just 2 years This doesn't end well pic.twitter.com/LK7oUrne2D — Genevieve Roch-Decter, CFA (@GRDecter) May 31, 2023 U.S. Consumer Debt Piles up to $17 Trillion More, more, more. According …
by BoatSurfer600 A CULTURE-WAR RECKONING FOR CORPORATE AMERICA: A headline in New York magazine laments, “Bud Light, Target, and a New Era of Corporate Caution.” A new era of corporate caution? Don’t threaten me with a good time. Imagine a beer company that just wanted to make good beer and sell it to you. Imagine if that company …
by confoundedinterest17 So much for Biden’s “miracle economy.” Challenger jobs cuts report is out for May and job cuts soared 286.7% year-over-year (YoY). As M2 Money growth crashes.
A new peer reviewed quantitative study published in Current Psychology finds evidence that far-left extremism is a predictor of violent, psychopathic tendencies & narcissism. Naturally, extreme leftist movements draw in such types who welcome violence.https://t.co/1ndBIYyHhn — Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) May 31, 2023 (2-2) end 45 communism goals. Ideological Subversion works. pic.twitter.com/n1o7S1T3DU — Rayne' (@LibrarianGirl77) May …
White House refuses to address the fact that today the majority of Americans believe the President himself is corrupt. pic.twitter.com/ly2a6uiIH5 — @amuse (@amuse) May 31, 2023 ‘Wow!’ Stunned John Kirby Stammers Out a Denial and Leaves Podium after White House Reporter Details Joe Biden Bribe Allegations and Whistleblower Charges, Asks About Majority of Americans …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsJo-iqhgNQ 90% of Americans say that owning a home is a key part of the American dream. But today, more than half of them believe they will never own their dream home, and about 70% of U.S. households can’t afford the average-priced home, especially when considering that mortgage rates have more than doubled since 2020. …
Wall Street Investors have officially abandoned the Housing Market. With Redfin reporting a colossal 49% crash in investor purchases in Q1 2023. This is the biggest annual decline on record. Even bigger than the drop that occurred in 2005 right before the last crash. pic.twitter.com/9GyHqzHCKl — Nick Gerli (@nickgerli1) May 31, 2023 2) Higher interest …
by Chris Black They also refused to sign the UN migrant pact. A reminder, governments don’t have to do as they are told by unelected organizations with a global agenda, in direct conflict with the citizens’ wishes. They may get fined by the UN though and they can leave the UN then and not pay.
by Chris Black You retards should make better decisions. You attack civilians in the capital city of Russia, then you beg them not to escalate? This is not the way war works. "In the last 24 hours, Kyiv endured three waves of Russian missile and drone attacks. These attacks shows that Putin is not serious …
by Chris Black The so-called progressives who are destroying the West are behind the massive wave of immigration from Islamic countries. Which begs the question: how stupid can you be to believe you can bring tens of millions of Muslims into your country without importing Islam as well? Breitbart: German politicians have been left fearing …
by Chris Black It is important to address a significant issue here: individuals who lack the ability to discern truth should not have the privilege to vote. This problem is glaringly apparent. If people are unable to distinguish between a deceptive video created by a prankster and genuine information, it is highly improbable that they …
by Chris Black Pakistan is a disaster waiting to happen, but Turkey deserves its own post for being geopolitically unique. Turkey’s central bank net reserve balance tumbled negative last week. A black market for currency has formed, reminiscent of Venezuela. Could see a scenario à la Venezuela since 2016 in Turkey over the next several …
by Chris Black Goldman Sachs’ online bank, Marcus, is the only large bank offering a competitive interest rate (https://www.bankrate.com/banking/money-market/rates/) on its savings accounts – over 400 times that being offered by JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and even Citibank. Marcus (https://www.marcus.com/us/en/savings/high-yield-savings) is the online banking platform offered by Goldman Sachs Bank USA – which is …
RELAX everything’s going to be fine, if there was ANY chance of collapse all the “experts” on the main collapse subreddit would be all over this. /s via realclearmarkets: “In purely technical terms, all these together are betting heavily on lower interest rates all over the world in the not-too-distant future. As they’ve come to …
by okie1 New data just came in. Use of fed’s liquidity facilities declined again: View post on imgur.com This is where the money was coming from to create the demand for T bills, which is what was bringing rates down at the lower end of the yield curve. T bills are a cash equivalent that …
by TheNewbieInvestor Everytime this happened, the Fed pivoted 2-year yield has now moved below the Fed funds rate pic.twitter.com/8fsrsDToh2 — Bravos Research (@bravosresearch) March 17, 2023 Looks like my hunch was correct. This tweet was from Thursday, the day before #SVB failed. QE unofficially resumes on Monday. #Powell folded. The #Fed has pivoted. Americans will pay …
“We need to keep raising rates until something breaks and inflation eases” <Something breaks> “Wait wait no, not that thing.” It’s very important that inflation is brought into check by poor people losing their jobs. Not rich people losing their deposits. NEW Banking Crisis In One Chart, Inflation=Fed Rate Hikes=Treasury/MBS Duration Increases=Bond Loss So, the Biden Administration …
Fed Loaned $160 Billion to Banks and $142 billion to FDIC. But QT-Related Roll-off Continued At around 4.75%, plus collateral, these are expensive loans for banks. The Fed’s Discount Window Soared to Its Highest Level Since the Previous Financial Crisis of 2008 Fed Dead Redemption! Flight To Safety As US Treasury 10-Year Yield Drops …
🚨#BREAKING: Signature Bank, has been closed by State authorities. — R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) March 12, 2023 Regulators closed New York’s Signature Bank, citing systemic risk. Signature is one of the main banks to the cryptocurrency industry. As of Dec. 31, Signature had $110.4 billion in total assets …
Another Bank specializing in Tech loans and services for “High Net Worth Individuals”, but more of a Public bank than SVB was. The cashless society people really want that cash! https://twitter.com/_/status/1634783756656492544 https://twitter.com/_/status/1634790617627914240 View post on imgur.com Contagion has already spread. My local First Republic Bank was closed today (normally open), could not do wires or …
via benzinga: PacWest Bancorp shares are trading lower by 28.61% to $14.20 Friday morning. The stock is sharply lower as shares of several regional banks and financial institutions sell off on downward momentum after SVB Financial Group Wednesday announced a $1.25 billion common stock offering. SVB Financial Group was also halted during pre-market trading Friday …
As long as they can fill in more money they won’t have to take any losses. Ohh wait, what happened to SVB. Translate for Retails… Unrealized gains or losses on investment securities refer to the changes in the value of an investment that have not yet been realized through a sale or disposition of the …
SVB works with literally like half of all US VC-backed startups, and is similarly popular for their banking services in the UK and wider Europe. If they find they’ve lost any significant portion of their funding then we’re going to see a large wave of western start-ups wiped/ significantly hobbled by SVB collapsing. $42B WITHDRAWN …
by Infamous_Sympathy_91
And it's not just Downpayments. Average Debt to Income Ratios today are comparable to mid-2000s. Meaning that homebuyer incomes, on average, are just as stretched in their ability to afford the mortgage payments. pic.twitter.com/3wIVJvidCS — Nick Gerli (@nickgerli1) August 14, 2022 But on average Mortgage Lending Standards are just as bad by the two most …
https://twitter.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1558940610421174272 Switzerland: The country's energy situation is serious and we have requested supplies from Germany and Italy. — The_Real_Fly (@The_Real_Fly) August 14, 2022 United Kingdom annual inflation June, 2020: 0.6% June, 2021: 2.5% June, 2022: 9.4% — The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) August 14, 2022 Current Western energy policy https://t.co/9UwVIXCnuF — Tracy Shuchart (𝒞𝒽𝒾 ) (@chigrl) …